All RSD issues aside, I love the smell of rain in the spring!! It's like the Skank realized that she needed to erase the stench of winter from my memory. Seeing the new calves struggling to get to their feet, the flowers that are already in bloom, the little green nubs on the trees, people in shorts and tank tops, convertibles with their tops down, people amassed in their front and back yards raking and hoeing and tilling, these are all signs of very very good things to come!! The calves will become cows (for milk and bbq'd protein, but shhh ... don't tell them that!!), the colorful flowers will multiply in grand force, the little green nubs will become leaves for shade against the summer heat, the pasty whiteness that requires strong UV-ness right now will soon become a sea of bronze-ish, Cruise Night is only a few months away, "best yard on the block" awards will be fought over, and Kiva making her presence known, inside and outside, are all inevitable signs of spring!! Knowing in my heart that summer is coming is the only thing that gets me through the weather-induced ups and downs of March, April, and May.
That being said, I awoke to the smell of rain this morning ... and the smell reminded my that I should hurt more than I did. Hmmm ... Could it have been the effects of the new dosages of herbs?? Could it have been that my Team, my dog, and I went on a successful adventure yesterday and I'm still in a good mood from it?? (Remember, it's not an "adventure" until you've made a U-Turn ... yeah, we got a block away before we needed to turn around. Gosh darn Etch-a-Sketch brain!!) Could it have been that my intermittent trips into the sun for the last week have begun to toughen up my skin already?? I have no idea why I didn't hurt as bad as I should have, but if there are more mornings like this morning, I'll take 'em!!
That was until I let Kiva out to go "do her thing" this morning ... ugh!! The rain had stopped but droplets were still falling from the eaves of the house. She went out, I stayed on the inside of the screen door. I could tell what she was doing by the jingle of her tags. She came back in and ... she proceeded to shake off the residual rain that had landed on her fur ... All. Over. Me!! I was forced to remind myself that "sharing is caring." Good or bad, I know she is showing me how much she cares about me when she feels the need to share it with me. But I'm pretty sure that I'd see it as sign of true caring if, some mornings, she'd share it with our Team instead!! That way I could see the true humor of it all without having to feel the shocking spasms that accompany Wet Dog Syndrome before I have my first sip of coffee. I now am planted next to the heat spewing space heater, wrapped in a blanket, hugging my coffee cup, and praying for warmth so that I can get up and get moving today. I have have things to do, gosh darn it!!
Anyway, it's Spring Break around these parts and Houdini has the week off so I think that as soon as I warm up, I'm going to go see how much of a pain in the tookis I can be to that brother of mine. Without 25 Second Graders to educate, enlighten, and entertain, he might feel a little lost this week. It is my job, as eldest sister/sibling, to annoy him in any manner possible ... I have faith that I will execute these duties, as defined in my job description, with perfection ... starting with draining his supply of coffee and Starbursts. Remember Houdini, sharing is caring!!
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